An increasing proportion of the New Zealand’s and the developed world’s people will be the elderly, the old and the very old. The implications for our cities, communities, and neighborhoods are not obvious, but we know that changes in population composition will change living arrangements and by extension, transportation use. There will likely be fewer work trips, relatively, compared to non-work trips. The issue is to use technical innovations in transportation services to supplement automobiles and public transportation. The way in which the city is organized will change only slowly but smaller families, more single, and especially women elderly will require a different kind of housing stock and a different transportation service than currently exists. What is critical is to move away from using 19th or 20th century technology to solve the problems of the 21st century city.(a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E212706.
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